“My love of reading and writing grew. And in my job, I was able to work faster and more accurately. The enhanced focus, plus reading and typing speed gained from my morning routine, carried over to my work and other areas of my life with ADHD.”
I began reading aloud to myself at bedtime some years ago in hopes of quieting the mental noise my ADHD brain made at night, which kept me awake. It worked! Reading aloud did help still my thoughts and improve my sleep, at least slightly. As the weeks passed, I also noticed that my overall reading speed improved, as did my focus on the material.
, so this was a welcome albeit surprising breakthrough and it made me curious: Could I edge these cognitive lifts higher?I began to experiment by reading aloud for 50 minutes each day as part of my morning routine. This felt good as it built on the calm and focus I’d gleaned from my bedtime reading. To make things more interesting, I next tried to read the text aloud, remember it, then type it up. Like many of us with ADHD,.
One month after starting this routine, I was seeing some tangible benefits: as with my bedtime reads, the morning sessions made me feel calmer and more focused. My weak. I could now recall not just a few words but whole sentences — sometimes even two! My reading and typing speed increased by around 20 percent .
As the gains in my reading and typing took root, the mistakes I made with them diminished. My love of reading and writing grew.. The enhanced focus, plus reading and typing speed gained from my morning routine, carried over to my work and other areas of my life. Today, four years after I began this morning practice and with the gains still growing, it is a non-negotiable part of my. When events force a temporary pause, say due to a business trip or vacation, a brief decline in the gains mentioned does occur. But like returning to the gym after a holiday, your mental muscles can quickly recover with the gains restored after just a few days of concerted effort.
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